The Bolgatanga Municipal District Chief Executive Mr. Rex Asanga has responded to the Ghana First Company Limited saying he was [misunderstood] by his pronouncement.
Mr. Asanga on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, during an interview on Yem Fm monitored by Apexnewsgh.com was responding to issues regarding sanitation in the Bolagatanga Municipality and the effort by the assembly is making to eliminate the Canker of Open Defecation (OD)
Meanwhile, responding to the Sanitation Issue, he mentioned that the assembly is initiating a dialogue with the contractors of Ghana First Company Limited to see how they can complete the toilet and put it to use because the company has since disappeared “We also want to increase the number of toilets we have. I don’t know if you have heard about Ghana First toilets. There was some… I don’t know whether is an NGO or an Organization that came around and got people to start building toilets and the people started building the toilet almost to completion and they disappeared up till now. So, we are initiating some dialogue with the contractors of those toilets to see if we can bring the toilets on board to add. I agree with the one who sent in the message that we need many more toilets in the system”. He maintained
However, the MCE also maintained: “Ghana First is not a project of the assembly, is an organization that awarded contracts across the country to individual contractors to construct toilets and they disappeared and left the contractors and some of them have spent all their investment in the construction of the toilets and they can’t find the employer”.
Following the pronouncement by the MCE, Ghana First Company Limited issued written a letter requesting a retraction from the MCE for what they claim is a false statement he made against them.
”The letter says: We have intercepted a publication to the effect that, you cannot find Ghana First Company Limited anywhere for discussions on the toilet facilities. You further stated that you were going to mobilize the contractors for them to continue to complete the projects and run the projects with the Assembly”
“We disagree with your statement that, we are nowhere to be found. We are still operating from our office and we have not relocated”.
“We, therefore, wish to advise you to retract your statement in order to avoid any legal action to be instituted against you”.
“We are by this letter, advising you to retract the statement within 14 days upon receipt of this letter, in order to avoid any legal action being instituted against you. We count on your usual cooperation”.
The letter as sighted by Apexnewsgh.com was copied to the Office of the President, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, and the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department.
However, in responding to the letter issued by Ghana First Company Limited which was demanding the MCE retractions, Mr. Asanga has responded.
Speaking on A1 radio a local radio station in the Bolgatanga Municipality on Monday October 10, 2022 monitored by Apexnewsgh.com, Mr. Asanga said he was completely misunderstood.
According to him, “When I say they are nowhere to be found, i didn’t mean that they are not there, all I meant was that, the work is at a standstill” He said
“I went to Yem radio and the same question was asked to me about sanitation situation issues in the Bolgatanga Municipality and what the Assembly was doing and in my response, I spoke about the fact that Ghana First has awarded contracts for contractors to put up toilets and somewhere along the line, the toilets are not completed”.
“And, I think I made a statement that ‘they are nowhere to be found. I think they heard it and they are not very happy. They have written to me expressing their dissatisfaction over the matter. I want to use this platform to say that I was completely misunderstood. When I say they are nowhere to be found, i didn’t mean that they are not there, all I meant was that, the work is at a standstill, the work has stalled. In fact, the contractors have even been in our office to see if the Assembly can partner with them”. Mr. Asanga explained
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